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    Since the original topic now has hundreds of introductions and is getting a bit hard to navigate, this seems as good a time as any to launch a new one. The original is here, should you wish to catch up on the who's who since this opened up in May. If you haven't introduced yourself yet, please do! And if you already have, but have something new to tell us about you and your life, speak up! (A bit of housekeeping business so we don't have to repost everything we posted before--izzie and I are the moderators here, and for our more extensive intros see the original topic.) Thanks and welcome!

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  • david blair
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    Hello everybody in Deadville First I'll say "Rock On" to Bob, the above poster, and also to the others who are involved in their communities and spreading the music. Without Jerry playing it takes a little extra to spread the vibe. Nice place here. I began by listening to Wake of the Flood. in '72, and my first live show was Oakland '75, when the Dead opened for the Who. It was Sunday, and there were bagels and little tongue treats available. Mars Hotel decorated the speaker towers, the weather was mild, and Playing in the Band took me to a new appreciation of music. Of course the people were different too, you know-like an instant feeling of extended family. A kind of fantasy family that confided secrets and trusted you as a best friend. And with this trust was a respect for any member of the Dead Head community. A trust that was rarely doubted, and a common denominator raising the bar for all of us. Well, that's about as sappy as it comes today! Lets simplify by saying that I was surprised by the honesty and generosity of my neighbors at the 100 or so shows I attended. The Dead played well, and the quality of sound was great except on rare occasion. When Jerry was smiling and Bob was screaming we had fun. When Bill and Mickey played alone some of us heard a symphony of hooves across the tundra and extra terrestrials exploring of atmosphere. When Jerry finished a first set while the audience whispered he returned with a vengeance singing "Take you to the leader of a band", later kicking of a furious pace of GTRFB while looking back at Mickey who was shaking his head saying "Yeah it's Fast". When Jerry died a lot of things went through my head. Remorse, sadness. Jerry personified many things and was a uniquely popular musician who gathered many to a real but fantastical place where we could laugh, dance, cry and trust a stranger. He sang... with a voice that could only be fully understood live. From his heart, to my soul. A month or so after he died one night I kept waking from a dream of him smiling at me practically touching noses. Like right in my face, and I kept waking up. I picked up my guitar that morning and broke into a never before done by me Poor Peter.
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    Hi, everyone! So happy to be here! I've been hanging out and checkin the scene, Seems like a really great place to be. My name is April Fawn. I'm 32. I just moved to South Florida, from North Carolina, from Massachusetts. My baby girl, Samantha was born August 1st, 2006 (i didn't even try, it just came out (scuz the pun) that way!). She's my life & love (if i had the world to give). I live with my boyfriend who I'll have to tell my full story of crazy love about later. He's my #2 fave person in the whole world, and the reason i got into the dead at all.I started listening not so long ago, only in 2001. So I missed out on the greatest trip of all, Jerry. But he's spirit so lives on in his songs and in his fans. It's crazy, cuz I watched this movie about a festival with all these awesome musicians like janis j and the dead and a bunch of other folks.... anyway they were on a train that took them from show to show, east to west. And (i can't believe I forgot the name of the movie), i cried so hard when there was this part where janis and jerry and sitting there on the train next to each other singing and drinkin and lovin it. It was like, god so freakin sad. but i thought, well, nothings over, we've all just begun. And moved on Anyway. I'm siked to be here. Glad to meet so of you so far. And can't wait to meet some more! peace & whatnots
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    It all started for me when I was 13 and heard Ramble On Rose. Grew up with my loving grandparents who thought my taste in music was(is) the DEBIL, so no shows for me until '97 JGB- Richmond, VA. I'm an avid reader and the Dead can tell a story like no other. Really dig Pig and the early music. Maybe I'm a soul born too late. Jerry has the sweetest voice I've ever heard and the music just does something to me. So to all of you who were "on the bus" from show to show - right on. You've had an experience that can't be duplicated and I respect you all a little more for it.
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    Don't let the bastards grind you down! I once read Bob Weir described as ' a rich kid run wild who had been thrown out of numerous private schools' . I myself was an underachiever in this respect having only been thrown out of one! good luck!
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    Im dillon (please dont call me dill) and im from a little town in mass. I grew up on The Dead, Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, etc who my mom is a major fan of. I love to read anything and everything and listen to all music and play the bass guitar. I now go to a very conservative boarding school in Ct. banished by my father and step mother.Peace, love and hapiness, dillon
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    Glad to come back - I used to post a bit on the old DNC.. I was also a long time user of the Well and may know a few folks here from there.. At any rate like most here, long-time Deadhead, I live in Columbia MO and host D Gans' GDH as well as an hour of my own music there on KOPN 89.5 FM every friday night. You can also listen to my radio choices at: http://deadshow.blogspot.com where I publish the Deadpod weekly.. thanks! John Henrikson
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    I have a radio show on the Stony Brook University radio station (WUSB 90.1 FM or on the web at http://wusb.fm), alternating Monday mornings from 3-6AM EST called the Free Music Show, where I play live music performances that I download from www.archive.org and bt.etree.org. I do a lot of Grateful Dead, as well as other jam bands. This morning's show, which is happening RIGHT NOW, is a special 6-hour (started at midnight) 60th Birthday tribute to Bob Weir. If anybody from this forum tunes in, shoot me an e-mail at bobanero@wusb.fm or call the station at 631-632-6901 and say hello.
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    My mom used to call me her little wharf rat (as well as urchin, and things I won't repeat here) when I was a kid, so when I first got into the Dead in the late 80's I took that handle. I understand some folks have taken it is a handle for their group; I'm not a member. I dig what they do, though. I only managed to make it to a few shows (a fella's gotta go to school and work and such) but I have an extensive collection of bootlegs, thanks to all my kind friends. I live in what's called the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania. It's the middle part of the border with New York state, so I saw a lot of shows in Buffalo, NYC, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington, Buckeye Lake, and on one memorable occasion, Deer Creek. I invite you to stop by the area we like to call the Endless Mountains (sounds like something outa Tolkien, huh?). It's so Appalachian, you'll think you're in Kentucky, only colder. We got mountains, coal and lotsa bluegrass! Come for The Hickory Fest in August or the Fine Arts Forum anytime and I'll see you there! Wharf Rat, Private Eye P.S. My friends give free music lessons @ Music Moose! Tell 'em Wharf Rat sent you. ;-)
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    My name is Joseph Durham. I never had the opportunity to see the Dead, and really never heard of them until 2 years ago. Now, I have a pretty good cllection. However, it's not good enough. I hope to get all of Dick's Picks, and both of the large boxsets. I have been eyeing those for 2 years. I am currently attending seminary for degree in ministry. Yes, a minister likes the GratefulDead. Can't help it, I know good music when I find it. I have a large library, and love to study. WHat do I d in my free time? Study, and then I study some more. :-) Sad huh?
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    Hey now! I am ed aka grateful_ed and the pretty lady with flowers in her hair is my beautiful wife kelley aka sisterKind aka treetop_mama but is always my mama_luv.... me well i am originally from the great city of brotherly love where i got introduced and absolutely hooked on the groove of The Grateful Dead and continue to live and dance down here in the country in Northeast Alabama hidden away in the woods with my wife, doggs, kitties and hoping soon childrens... i am a veteran of the united states navy and was fortunate to travel the world and saw my first dylan show on July 4, 1992 in Genoa Italy 1 day after my 21st birthday with a deadhead buddy of mine from my ship and that moment completely opened my eyes and woke me up to a whole new world, from there I began my exploration until i stumbled happily into the Spectrum in Philadelphia September 1993 when I caught my first show and realized what I have been missing... late in the game but at least I got to play for a few years.... i live happily and peacefully and am glad to see this forum back up and in service... hope to make some new kind friends and maybe even bump into some brothers and sisters i have not heard from in a long time!!!
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Since the original topic now has hundreds of introductions and is getting a bit hard to navigate, this seems as good a time as any to launch a new one. The original is here, should you wish to catch up on the who's who since this opened up in May. If you haven't introduced yourself yet, please do! And if you already have, but have something new to tell us about you and your life, speak up! (A bit of housekeeping business so we don't have to repost everything we posted before--izzie and I are the moderators here, and for our more extensive intros see the original topic.) Thanks and welcome!
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My name is Jay Schaefer, I am married, live in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and work as a psychiatric nurse at a community hospital. I was "turned on" to the Dead by a high school classmate & bought a copy of "Anthem" in 1969 (the Caldor dept. store had 2 albums to choose from: "Anthem" & "Aoxomoxoa"...since I didn't have much money to spend I chose the earlier release). That got me hooked & I saw the Dead live for the first time at the Fillmore East in 1970 after I started college. With a lot of help from my friends at Dickinson College I got to a few memorable shows in the early 70s, including a couple of personal "acid tests". In the long intervals between concerts I listened to the Dead's music on LPs--still have a nearly complete collection of their studio albums (some on the Round Records label)--favorites then were "Anthem", "Aoxomoxoa", "Workingman's Dead", "American Beauty" & "Live/Dead". While living in Washington, DC (1973-81) I went to almost every show at the Capital Centre & Baltimore Civic Centre with my brother from 1976-81...a "peak" period for live shows, including JGB, Bob Hunter & Kingfish concerts. In 1974 I hitchhiked from DC to SF where I hung out for about a year & managed to get to one concert at Winterland in 1975, as well as saw the old "Mars Hotel" building before it was demolished. The last Dead concert I went to was in 1988 & by then I was collecting cassette tapes of live shows, mainly from the 1968-72 era. Skipping ahead to 2008, my interest in the Dead, their music & the community of Deadheads was revived by seeing Phil Lesh & Friends in Charlottesville this month! I really enjoy this new website & send greetings to you all!--Jay
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Hi Jay,welcome aboard this train. It is a wonderful place with grate people! peace,pk
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Howdy fellow dead heads! I'm not sure if this is the right place to say this, but i'll say it anyway (who cares, i'm new), so hello!
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welcome aboard st.stephen4789 and jasia52, enjoy the ride : ) and really st.stephen4789 is there a wrong place to say hello ? (who cares im old) peacen'love
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Welcome all y'all. (and Happy Birthday Jerry!)
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one and alllots of grate people to chat with here!! Have a grate time :)
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Welcome st.stephen! Come and join us and watch this garden grow! Wonderful people here with grate minds! peace,pk
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I'm from Tennessee and have been a Dead fan for many years. Also listen to alot of blues, The Allman Brothers, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn....and the list goes on. Been married for ever it seems. LOL..but have a wonderful wife who has stood by me through my worst times. I also have a wonderful daughter and two dogs who are very much family.Looking forward to meeting some interesting people.
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Hey TNkabe, welcome. You have just arrived at a wonderful oasis of good vibes and grate people. Enjoy yourself! peace,pk
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hey now TNkabe, just in time for our metamorphosis, hang on it's a little rough right now, but it'll smooth out soon like jack-on-rocks :) welcome aboard, peace and love abound
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Hi All, My name is Bobby, living in Boston with my beautiful (and newly pregnant) wife. I've been a deadhead since my dad bought me the cassette of American Beauty/Workingman's when I was 12. I saw them about ten times throughout high school, and consider myself very lucky for that. As I've gotten older, and continue to have experiences, the Dead have been one of the few constants in my life. The music grows in intimacy and importance, and welcomes me home from the occasional cold, lonely walks that life brings. One of the real joys I've had has been the introduce the Dead to my best friend, who is four years younger then me, and watch him gradually come to appreciate and understand what this music is and how it can touch you. Don't have much more to say than that right now. I can talk about the Dead till sunrise so feel free to drop me a note about anything. I'm a psychotherapist so I love a good chat! ;-) Bobby
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Welcome Bobby. Good to hear from you. Don't stop now, sunrise is still 12 hours away. Went to my first dead concert march 23, 1974 and it has also been a constant in my life ever since. It speaks volumes about it's reach and the breadth of their work. We are living in a wonderful time. Welcome Bobby, and please enjoy yourself, it is a warm place with grate people. peace,pk
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My name is Kelly & I live in that hotbed of music, Iowa (lol) and have been a Deadhead since a friend gave me a free copy of Live/Dead back in '71/'72. I've been on the bus since then. Unfortunately only saw them live twice(Iowa City 8/10/1982 & Cedar Rapids 7/4/1984).I'm more than just a Deadhead though. I listen to & collect a variety of music. The collection's getting close to 2K CD's, LP's, etc., of which about 800-900 are the GD,JGB,NRPS,LOM etc. I guess I just love the music of my youth! Don't know what else to say...I hope to be rapping with y'all in various forums & such. I'll leave y'all with a saying I was introduced to several years ago in SD..."Have A Grateful Day!"
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big ol'welcome to you, i am as a matter o'fact listening to 8/10/1982 right now as i'm typing, just going into "eyes" now, must be some cosmic connecttion here ! so glad you made it here, see you around and have a grateful day!!peace
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Hi everyone...I'm a newbie to The Dead...hate to say it but when I thought I was serious into my music in the '70s and '80's I thought the whole Dead thing was crazy but here i am listening to my first ever Dead purchase- One from the Vault (Pt. Chester) and already I'm trying to figure out my next cd- should I get the whole Winterland run or the 76 Cow Palace show? As my fave band is The BLack Crowes- I follow them around and see multi shows and dig their jamming...now I fully understand the Deadheads view of things...anyways, great to be here and howdy everyone....
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i saw the guys 26 times from 1992 until that last spring tour (4 nights in atlanta 2 on 1 off 2 on) i was mesmerized the first time i heard the fellows and they dominate my i-tunes to this day.i would love to hear jerry pick it one more time!
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i found this site yesterday.i looked it up because after i got home,i found a grateful dead almanac sitting in my mail box.before all this i was driving home listening to a kick butt scarlet/fire (cornell 1977,i was at that show,i was only 3)so,as i laid on the couch with my laptop all these great grateful dead thoughts were in my head.so, i googled the Grateful dead this site came up.i think it is great that there is a site like this that pays homage to the best band i have ever seen in my life.the one,the only Grateful Dead! some are still playing here with us,and some are playing from the heavens!
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We seem to be getting quite a few new folks in from the Almanac. Woohoo!
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Okay so I seriously started listening to the Grateful Dead and side projects about a year ago. Since then Ive listened to less mainstream stuff and more jam bands like Widespread Panic and more jazz, blues, and folk music. I get made fun of by friends who dont get it but I dont care I just like the music. Bluegrass is now a favorite along with country all thanks to the Grateful Dead. Also now know about Jackie Greene and his talents.
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im a new grateful dead fan. I am stuck in highschool but the dead help the days be better. I have recently gotten some of the close people around me interested in them and that is really nice to have people to talk with about the music. This past year i wrote a paper on the Grateful Dead focused on Jerry's life and got a perfect on that, which was really nice considering it was my final score in that class. Then this summer i got to see both Phil and Mickey which was a highlight of my life.
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to you on your fine paper, and to your teacher for recognizing its merits!
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It would be cool if you posted your paper so we can all read it! If you still have it.Congrats on the grate grade :)
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that is a good idea i will need to find it. this year in sociology i plan on trying to study the dynamics of the Dead Heads if my teacher is down with it
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Grate to have you here. Would love to read that paper. You have arrived at a wonderful place full of wonderfully diverse people with many views, all together with something very special in common, an experiance called the Grateful Dead. Welcome and make yourself at home! peace,pk
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point your teacher to the fine and extensive published work by Dr. Rebecca Adams at the University of North Carolina. Very legit subject! I don't think she takes her classes on tour any more though.
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Hello all. I've been offline for 13 years, and it's really something too see how you all are keeping the music and the love alive. you'll find me moslty in the poets corner, where I will begazing at a dogwood blossom, and humming to myself. I'm friendly though, you can always share a word or smile with me. Can I take my shoes off in here? rock on, andy
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howdeehigh andy, glad u made it! b lookin 4 u in the poets corner!peace
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I'm tired of "peakin". I haven't done acid in over ten years or shrooms over five so it doesn't really fit anyway. But as you all can tell the effects still linger.I just liked it cause it reminded me of the mountains I have climbed. This one fits me much better as I am always (only?) happy when I'm hikin' down a trail.
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coulda changed it to "puddin time" : ), that comes after "peakin",but then so do "happy trails"!peace, t
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"puddin time" NOW that is funny, TC....better than Buck Owens song about "Crying Time" any time!...........gotta git on a bicycle ride & we're off on a road trip....talking to ya later......Gypsy Cowgirl Happy Trails..........to you...........
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happy trails. Has that nice Roy Rogers/Dale Evans thing going on.:-) (Hey, I loved Roy Rogers and Dale Evans...)
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puddin time would have been great! or how bout "puddlehead"? love ya all
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Next time the boy's get together we should petition for an accapella happy trails. That would be sweet! Welcome to your new name happytrails! Good to hear from you. peace,pk
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Hey Remember!!! that show @ Shoreline Ampitheatre-they played Roy & Dale's version of "Happy Trails" after the show- think it was the Dead reunion tour or the 2nd one-it was soon after Roy Rogers had died-1998.......think my childhood ended then...... & yes, happy trails up yonder- the effects last a lifetime.......just has changed all our thoughts into what they are xoxoxo
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My name is Rob, and I'm a sophomore civil engineer at Clarkson University. I wish i could say I grew up on the Dead, but I wasn't introduced to them until around '99 or '00. My stepfather, who had been a fan since the late 70's, brought home a DVD (I think it was View from the Vault I), which I watched in awe. I instantly became a fan, and started collecting music and whatever else I could find. I got to see the Other Ones in 2002, and the Dead in '03 and '04. Since then I have continued to explore Grateful Dead music, as well as the tranquility and relaxation that accompanies it. I'm glad to be here, among my brother and sister Heads.
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Been Dead fan since 74 or 75...intro'd by friend in the dorm. Never went to a ton of shows but between the Dead, JGB, Weir and RatDog, maybe 30 or so lifetime? I've moved all over the US and always tried to catch the show when they came through. For my money, their most consistently good shows were early 90s at Richfield Coliseum in Ohio. I saw them a few times in the mid 70s, throughout the 80s and right up until Jerry died (saw them in Pittsburgh and St Louis on the last tour), and then the Other Ones and the Dead (2004?), too. Still see the Dog once or twice per year. Cheers to Bob for keeping it going. I listen often to DixPix and other live CDs. DixPix 20 (?) at the Capital Center in Largo, Md. was my first show and was a week after my 21st b-day...was a present to myself. Occassionally put in a studio CD and become re-amazed just how good of songwriters they were/are...the live music does not seem to showcase their technical writing skills so much. There is so much great music on "from the Mars Hotel" and "Wake of the Flood". The music seems as new today as it did to me in 1975. I'm grateful for that and hopeful it will remain that day.
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Hey Now! My name is Steve and I first saw the Dead at RFK Stadium on 6-9-73. I didn't know what I was getting into way back then so I missed the 6-10-73 show. 22 years later I saw a total of 201 shows, mostly on the east coast. Living in the DC area allowed me to catch quite a few shows within a 300 mile radius. I only missed 1 show at the old Cap Centre (the Cosmic Charlie show in '77), I missed the 1 RFK show and was at all 6 Merriweather shows. My favorite venue was the HJK in Oakland, I knew I could find my friends in the bar downstairs before the shows. Phil is resposible for my current musical passion. He introduced me to the guitar playing and singing of Warren Haynes. Some of you may know me as a moderator at the Mule Army, I go by the same screen name there also. I'll be poking around here when I can so I'll see you around!
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My name is Bill, my first show was JGB in '75,toured for a while,slowed down for a while to raise kids. Now I moved to Eastern Fl to be around them. I have brought the kids to see some offshoot shows. I am an ok drummer ( I have my moments).Used to jam with friends all the time but they live in Ct. .Enjoy 70-77, mostly and Coltrane. I really enjoyed the scene of family at the shows.Miss the scene and feeling of electricity in the air. I have been here maybe a year but just found this page.There is nothing like a Grateful Dead Concert.
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What's up guys, I just wanted to give everyone a heads up about my baby, the inaugural Chicago Bluegrass & Blues festival, this 11/22 at the historic Congress Theater, all benefiting the Saving Tiny Hearts Societies fight against the country's most common birth defect. www.cbgbfestival.com The first 10 folks that hit me up at michael.raspatello@gmail.com will get a pair of tickets mailed to them. We're excited for you to help us spread the word about this righteous endeavor
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I am new here and to this format of forums. It says I am unable to start a new topic - do I have to ask a mod for permission to post something? I joined this forum to help spread the word about a Grateful Dead fan from 1995 who died and remains unidentified. I would like to post a police sketch of the victim, along with the details, so that if any other DeadHeads from the 90's recognize him or remember him, we might be able to get him ID'd. Thank you to anyone who can help me.
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Deadhead Paratrooper My active bus years were from 84-91, god that was fun. I so miss it. Got on airplane Oct 91. Hey all my real name is Dwight. I have been in the Army 17 yrs now and have found a few other ol heads. After touring the country with the dead and seeing that the purple mountain majesty is for real and so many other things I/we did seen experienced and so on. I beileved in defending this great nation so that others could have or so closely have related FUN and life. I joined the Airborne and love it jumping from a perfectly good airplane is an experience, like charging the gate at red rocks or jumping the wall in the meadowlands, getting that last second ticket for free. I think that military heads may have a greater appreciation for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and FUN. I am dissapointed that I missed quite a few shows from 92-95 but I was doing a job. I will retire in three years and plan on hitting the road again for a while. I do get to catch some fests now and then. But just not the same. Anyway If there weren't those that do what we do others would not live the way they do. peaceful and free. There are those that are so anti military radical that they forget where thier right to be as they wish and say what they want came from. So for all grateful people everywhere wave that flag. Wave it wide and HIGH
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Hey Y'all! My first Dead show was Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City '76. The show that changed my life forever was Englishtown, NJ '77, with The New Riders and Marshall Tucker. The most memorable for me was Lewiston, ME '80, with Roy Buchanan and Levon Helm. I've been hosting a Radio Show for awhile now, based in Northwest New Jersey. It is called "Signpost To New Space", and as you might guess, it is very Dead-friendly Radio, amongst other great music. Some of it is downloaded and some from my own collection, as well as our Radio Station's. It is Internet-only Radio, and we go by the name : www.HomegrownRadioNJ.org As for my show, "Signpost To New Space", it airs on Tuesday Afternoons 3 - 6 pm (EST) But tune in anytime! We have 50 Volunteer DJ's , and If you stream us, you will like what you hear (we even have one 3 Hour Program dedicated to Railroad Earth! -- that's Thursday nights.) So, Tune In and Turn On a Friend, as we like to say! And if you do, send us an IM so we know you're there @ HGRNJ... Peace & Love DJ Easy Wind
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Since I've been a member for over a year I suppose introductions are not only in order, but long overdue, so here goes...HELLO! I'm a deadhead too & would love to rap with y'all about all sorts of stuff. I'll be checking out the chat room occasionally, but mainly I'm a forum kind of guy.Have A Grateful Day!
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Hello one and all i am chris i am from Tennessee (jed) i am 27 i have been a fan for 15 years now and going strong.I write alot of poetry and play guitar-mandolin/harmonica/ and sing. I have been on this site for awhile so i decided to join up after i seen how cool this forum is.About time bands like this start getting cool things like this on the web.Also i know the dead are all about letting you get their live stuff where do i go to download full shows? chris
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Hey welcome aboard the bus! Take a look around and enjoy yourselves. Wonderful people here. And can post, just not start a new topic, but marye who is our moderator extrordiniare, is very helpful and extremely wise, she may be able to help you out. Good to have you all here on this monday, a holiday by the way, umm National Grateful Dead Day....ohh umm Columbus Day,sorry,all caught up in the big day! peace,pk
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Hello everybody. Have been a huge music fan for my entire life, but only VERY recently decided to start listening to the Dead. I've been listening to a few concerts I found on-line, but would like to start hearing the officially released, higher quality stuff. The only thing is.....where do you even think about starting? There is so much stuff out there and a lot of it looks great......it's pretty overwhelming. Any of you long time fans have advice for a newbie?